16.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act, 1993.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a warrant issued by the Minister authorising an interception and in force upon the passing of this Act shall continue in force until it is cancelled or until the end of the period of one month immediately after the passing of this Act, whichever is the earlier, and, if it has not been cancelled, shall expire at the end of that period and the warrant shall be deemed, for the purposes of section 3 of this Act, to be, during the period after such passing while it is in force, an authorisation.